Rather than the fabric buttons being used to affect a switch, the patent offers that the support structures of the buttons could be made from fabric, which can contain elements to determine button ...

Tariffs will have an outsized impact on the apparel industry. It won’t be easy to move clothing assembly — or the manufacturing of fabric, buttons and zippers — to the U.S.

After more than three decades in the business of fashion home sewing, Joyce Dunn is closing her North Side fabric store, Buttons 'N Bolts, next month and shifting her business focus to the ...